Arriving urgently in Rennes on November 11, Jorge Sampaoli comes from very far away with the Breton club. He will nevertheless be very attentive to the state of mind for his first match, this Sunday in Lille.
After a complicated November break since Julien Stephan ended up jumping but took time to be replaced by Jorge Sampaoli, Stade Rennais will begin its recovery operation. It starts off difficult with a trip to Lille this Sunday at 3 p.m., when the new coach will not necessarily have all the elements to judge. Ten days after his arrival, the former OM coach was not really able to put many things in place, especially since the snow disrupted his last collective sessions. Sampaoli likes to have time to build his teams and apply his playing philosophy, but for the moment, it will be time for urgency. This is why no important element was delivered during the presentation press conference, where the Argentinian was not informative according to journalist Thomas Rassouli.
Rennes is a field of ruins
For the writer of the Stade Rennais Online site, who speaks during the Pleine Lucarne program, it will above all be the state of mind which will be decisive for this meeting against Lille. “ That's basically the message we can take from his press conference. We don't hold anything back except that we want to see players who give of themselves and who show a state of mind, a culture and a playing identity. It's the reset and we're going there now. Many of the players are quite happy with the change, everyone wants to shine and Sampaoli will now want to transmit things », Delivered the journalist, for whom Stade Rennais is currently “ a field of ruins » in which the new coach will try to restore some order to avoid experiencing an even more complicated season than it currently is.
